Fastener member for suitcases and the like.



J. GOLDWAG. FASTENER MEMBER FOR SUITCASES AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG- 121 1914.

Patented Feb. 1, 1916.

WITNESSES:

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JUDA GOLDWAG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN STEEL FRAME & BAND IRON COMPANY, INC., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

FASTENER MEMBER FOR SUITOASES AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 1, 1916.

Application filed August 12, 1914. Serial No. 856,422.

I '0 all whom it may concern:

Be'it known that I, JUDA GOLDWAG, a citi zen of the United States, and a resident of Manhattan, New York city, in the State of New York have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fastener Members forSuitcases and the like, of which the folholding the body and cover member of the suit-case in close contact near their end portions, and has for its object to provide an improved form of clasp especially adapted for use upon suit-cases having a metal edgebinding, as hereinafter set forth.

The invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings and fully described in this specification.

In the said drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a suit-case provided with my improved clasp; Fig. 2 is a plan view, looking from beneath, of one member of the clasp; Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2, showing the clasp member, however, secured to the ct ge of a suitcase cover member; and Fig. 4 is a vertical section of Fig. 1.

Suit case clasps of the type mentioned above usually consist of a plate secured to the cover member of a suit-case and provided with an outwardly projecting lug and a toe extending over the edge of the said cover member. in combination with a member comprising a socket adapted to receive the .\-aid toe and a yoke-member adapted to engage with the said lug, as is well-known in the art. Suit-cases are now being made however, which are provided with a metal reinforcing strip around the edge of the cover member, such as that shown at 11 in Fig. 1, for the purpose of strengthening the same and preventing the edges of the same from fraying or becoming worn. It is obvious that when the ordinary plate is placed upon such a cover member, the portion near the edge of the cover member will be lifted away from the cover member so that the projecting toe will not project parallel to the cover member, and may fail to engage with the socket in the second member of the clasp,

and the lug may not properly engage with the hook member. Another objection to the use of the ordinary plate in connection with a suit-case provided with a metal binding stripis that the clasp appears unworkmanlike, and the whole suit-case is thereby rendered unsightly. In my invention I have sought to obviate these diiiiculties in the manner now to be described.

In carrying my invention into effect I provide a suit-case of any of the ordinary constructions, a. portion of which I have shown in Fig. 1, 12 being the body member thereof, and 13 the cover member. The suit-case is provided with the binding strip 11 above mentioned. I provide one clasp member of the ordinary type, comprising a socket member 14;, secured to the body member 12 by rivets 16 and having pivotally secured thereto a yoke-member 15, and provided if desired with a spring 23 (see Fig. 5) adapted to maintain said yoke-member either in the position shown in the drawing or in a position diametrically opposite thereto, all of which is well-known.

The plate which I employ upon the cover member 13 is shown in detail in Figs. 2 and 3, and designated 19. This plate consists of a plate provided with the usual lug and toe, here designated 17 and 18 respectively, and may be attached to the cover member 13 in the usual manner by rivets, here designated 20. This plate 19 is provided with a depression 21 located near the center and projecting downward to a distance approximately equal to the thickness of the strip 11. The plate is also provided with a down wardly turned flange 22, approximately equal in width to the thickness of the strip 11, and extending around the entire edge of the body of the plate 19 except the portion which covers the said strip 11. The outer end of the yoke-member 15 is curved, as shown at 24:, (see particularly Figs. 1 and 4). This curved portion engages with the depression 21, where it enables the yokemember to be easily grasped, while being as far as possible protected against catching in. outside objects.

It will be obvious that a plate constructed according to my invention will remain parallel to the cover-member to which it is attached, and thus will overcome the difliculties mentioned above.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows:

1. In a fastener member for suit-cases and the like, the combination with a plate adapted to be secured to the co'ver'of asuitcase and provided with a toe adapted to project over the edge of said cover, said plate being also provided with an upwardly extending lug and with a centrally located downwardly extending lug; of a member adapted to be secured to an edge ofa suitcase, said member being provided with a socket adapted to receive said toe, andwith a pivotally mounted yoke-memberadapted to'strad'dle said upwardly extending lug and provided with a curved end adapted to engage with said downwardly extending lug.

2. In a fastener member for suit-cases and the like, the Combination with a plate adapted to be secured to the cover of a suitcase and provided with a toe adapted to project over the edge of said cover, said plate being also'provided with an-upw-ardlyextending lug, acentra-lly located downwardly extending lug, and a downward projection at its edge adapted'to hold it out of immediate contact with a suit-case; of a member adapted to be secured to an edge of a suitcase, said member being provided with a socket adapted to receive said toe, and with a pivotally mounted yoke-member adapted to straddle said upwardly extending lug and provided with a'curved end adapted'to engage with said downwardly extending lug.

In witness'whereof I havehereunto'signed my nameth'is' 6th day of August, 1914, in

the presence "of two subscribing witnesses.

JUDA' G OLDWVAG:

Witnesses:

EDMOND! CoN GAR-BROWN, LOUISE ENDERLE;

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